The Moral Test
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life; the children, those who are in the...
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life; the children, those who are in the...
I have been trying for a week now to sort out just how I feel about this Keith Olbermann matter and I keep coming back to one question:...
I confess that I’m not at all sure how I feel about the sacking by National Public Radio (NPR) of long-time analyst and historian of the...
You wonder if a guy as gifted and rumpled as Edwin Newman could find a job in television these days. He might be considered too erudite,...
I confess that I hadn’t been following all that closely the controversy in New York City over the proposed construction of a Muslim...
Truth be told, I do miss it, but what I miss is so long gone as to be an historic relic. The TV news of CBS from the 1950’s to the 1970’s...
The Pulitzer Prizes were announced yesterday. The awards are an annual and much anticipated part of modern journalism, literature,...
W. Horace Carter was hardly a household name. He should have been, at least for journalists and civil libertarians. Carter won the...
I’ve often thought that if the occasional Michael Jackson funeral or Mark Sanford hike on the Appalachian Trail didn’t materialize to...
It’s been noted extensively since Cronkite’s recent death at age 92, that he was a “working reporter” even as he became “the most trusted...